The Department of Education at Valparaiso University is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), www.ncate.org. This accreditation covers teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation programs. However, the accreditation does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.

The Education Department at Valparaiso University has achieved National Recognition in these areas under the aegis of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). NCATE is unifying with the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) to become the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) in 2013:

Department

Professional Association

Elementary Education

Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

English/Language Arts Education

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE )

Foreign Language Education

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL )

Mathematics Education

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Physical Education

National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE)

School Psychology Education

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

Science Education

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Social Studies Education

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Special Education

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Music Education

National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

The status of National Recognition indicates that the program has substantially met the standards of SPA and is a mark of distinction for the program. The program is listed on the NCATE web site as Nationally Recognized.